A Navistar subsidiary has received a $440 million contract from the U.S. Army to reset and modernize MaxxPro mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles for the United Arab Emirates through the Excess Defense Articles program. Navistar’s defense business will perform upgrade work on 1,085 MRAPs and deliver specified sets, kits...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 28, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled a new Cybersecurity Engagement Center in Mexico in efforts to support Latin American government and enterprise customers’ programs against cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the center aims to drive response against cyber crimes...
Janis Pamiljans, general manager of strategic systems at Northrop Grumman™s (NYSE: NOC) aerospace systems business, has been elected by the board of directors to serve as corporate vice president and president of the firm™s aerospace systems business. Pamiljans will succeed the retiring Thomas Vice on April 1 and report to Wes Bush, Northr...
Cleveland-based aerospace components maker TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has purchased Takata Corp.™s aerospace and defense businesses as well as related assets and liabilities for approximately $90 million cash. TransDigm said Wednesday the transaction covers Takata™s Schroth Safety Products and Takata Protection Systems...
Eight companies have received contracts worth a combined $17 million to help NASA advance small launch and space vehicle technologies under the second round of the agency’s Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies program. NASA said Thursday each contract contains a performa...
Tina Dolph, former president of ASRC Federal‘s information and technical solutions group and a 25-year government services veteran, has been named executive vice president and general manager of State Department programs at FCi Federal. FCi said Tuesday she will also explore potential market opportunities for the Ashburn, V...
Jeffrey Harris, a 40-year national security professional, and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Yakovac have been elected to the board of directors of Concurrent Technologies Corp. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO and vice chairman of the board, said in a statement released Friday he expects Harris and Yakovac to bring to the board their...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential five-year, $68.7 million task order to research, develop, integrate and test Increment 3 Block 2 updates of the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The company will help the service branch update and sustain P-8A acoustics system, subsystems and software as well as provide&nb...
Weekly Roundup February 6 – February 10 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We are two weeks into the rollout of Executive Mosaic™s fourth annual Wash100 class of inductees and this year™s edition has been our highest-profile yet with increased re...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a potential five-year, $170 million contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency conduct outreach, research and training efforts as part of DTRA’s cooperative biological engagement and threat reduction programs. The company said Wednesday it will support both programs throug...
